Throughout your time at college, we are committed to delivering a robust and ever-evolving Careers Program that places our students at the heart of all planning and delivery.
Throughout your classes and our careers program we embed the 5C skills - Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Creativity and Company Behaviours – that employers look for in their employers to prepare each student for not only their next steps but developing the transferable skills essential to long-term success in the workplace and wider world.
The Careers Team plays a key role in supporting the college’s broader Personal Development strategy, which focuses on preparing learners to be Career Ready, Work Ready, Opportunity Ready and Life Ready. This is achieved through a wide range of activities, including Specialist 1:1 Guidance, tutorial based Short Interactions, employer encounters and targeted events such as HE Fairs and Potential Pathways weeks. And by using digital tools such as GroFar students are able to track their career journey.
Aligning careers education with personal development priorities, the team ensures that learners are supported holistically – building confidence, resilience, and a clear sense of direction as they progress through their educational journey and beyond.
Our Careers Program Calendar gives you all the information on the events, workshops and more we have on offer to ensure our students are career ready.
The learning journey
HoW College supports learners on their learning journey from before they even start, to well after graduating. We use digital resources such as Unifrog and ProMonitor to allow learners (and parents/carers) to track their performance, contact staff and research plans for the future. Learners also benefit from personal support through progression meetings and sessions (such as the Thrive and Elements programmes), 1:1 personal tutor interactions, work experience programmes, and questionnaires that display the progress of the learner.
Experiences of the workplace
Work experience is an invaluable tool for young people in their careers – a recent survey showed that 2/3rds of employers look for graduates with relevant work experience. It can be used to gain skills and motivation, raise confidence, learn about industries, and improve employability
All of our full-time students have access to a work experience officer who can support students to engage with employers and source placements. All of our courses involve work experience as part of the programme, including T Levels which implements at least 315 hours (45 days) of work experience.